Review and validation of settlement prediction methods for organic soft soils, on the basis of three case studies from the Netherlands

Organic soft soils pose technical challenges in construction industry due to their extraordinary compressibility and deformability, which is an issue of particular relevance in the densely populated Netherlands, of which more than half of the land surface is covered by such soft soils. Uncertainty and variability in settlement predictions for...

Modelling of Peat Compressed under Sand Bodies: Experimental and Numerical Approach

This study being part of the Weesp Bloemendalerpolder Project, is concentrated on the compression of a peat layer under the weight of a trial sand embankment; examined under two scopes, the laboratory K0-CRS test and the field settlements. Their interconnection is also evaluated. Peat being an organic material with many distinctive...